Belt ok band fastening



GEORGE D. YOUNG, OF PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

BELT 0R BAND FASTENING.

Speccaton of Letters Patent No. 14,175, dated January 29, 1856.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE D. YOUNG, of Plymouth, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Olasps for Uniting Belts or Banding, and that the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exact specification of the same, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles of my said improvements by which myinvention may be distinguished from others of a similar class, together with such parts as I claim and desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent.

The gures of the accompanying plate of drawings represent my improvements.

Figure 1, is a plan or top View of my improved clasp. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same taken in the plane of the line A B, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken in the plane of the line O D, Fig. 1.

The usual methods heretofore devised for uniting the ends of belts, or bands, used in giving motion to machinery, by means of lacings, or plates of metal screwed together and gripping the belt between them, are objectionable for many reasons, the latter device, which is the more recent one, being foundv inconvenient in use on account of the difliculty of inserting or removing the screws, without taking the belt off from its drum or pulleys, when the same requires shortening or readjustment.

My improved clasp is so constructed as to allow of its being taken off the belt, or replaced upon the same, whenever it is desirable to do so, with the greatest east and facility.

It consists of a plate of metal provided with short vertical studs, that project up through the ends of the belt, and is held in position so as to rigidly grip the ends of the belt, by a top plate having suitable holes that fit over the vertical studs of the lower plate, and a turning button attached to the top plate, which engages with notches formed in two of the vertical studs, and thereby holds the two plates rigidly upon the belt.

ce, a, in the drawings ,represent the two ends of the belt to be united.

Z) is a bottom plate, formed of metal, provided with short vertical studs c, c, c, &c. The studs are inserted through each end a, a of the belt, and also through proper holes formed in a top plate Z CZ, the studs c, c projecting slightly above the face of the top plate.

e is a button turning on a pivot f in the top plate d cl. By turning this button, it can be engaged with notches formed in the center studs c, c, as shown in the drawings, thereby rigidly gripping the ends of the belt between the two plates Z9 I) and d CZ, or disengaged from the said notches, whereby the top plate can be readily taken 0H the studs c, c, and the lower plate Z9 b, removed from the belt, as will readily be understood without further explanation. The convenience of this arrangement will readily be apparent, as the two ends of a belt can be united with the greatest facility, and without the use of screws, while by simply turning the button e, the clasp can be at once removed from the belt whenever desirable.

Having thus described my improvements I shall state my claim as follows:

IVhat I claim as my invention and desire' to have secured to me by Letters Patent is- A clasp for uniting the ends of a belt or band, consisting of the button plate with 'its vertical studs, the top plate fitting over the said studs, and the turning button, or its equivalent, all operating together to rigidly grip the belt or band, as described.

GEORGE D. YOUNG.

Vitnesses:

BARNABAS CHURCHILL, v JEREMIAH FARRIS. 

